• THE AUSTIN PAPERS 771 you deem prudent of these remarks, always a.voiding tal,kers . and news paper pa-ragraphs. Aparte-I send you all the necessary papers and powers to perfect the titles for the grants mentioned in them of Aguirre and Vegn. The concessions are in my trunk of which you have the key get them out. I think they are in a bundle rolled up in a news paper. This land has cost me $1000 and will cost much more besides the expenses and the govt dues, settlement, etc. You will want a sufficiency to take the front on the Colorado river from the upper line of Tannihill's league in the upper colony, to 500 varas at least above the big springs at the foot of the mountain, also the fourth of n league on the mountain on the west side of the colo- rado opposite the said big springs the falls to lie in the center of the front of said fourth league. To make the matter more clear I give a sketch of the land as near as I can recollect, ten sitios which you will locate on the west side of Colorado, bounding on onion creek (Burro, or Garrapatas) on the lower or south east, and on the Colorado river on the eastward-thus. [A sketch map is here omitted.] These three locations I wish you to be particular about. The Burro or onion creek I believe runs more parallel with the river than I have marked it which of necessity will extend the front up the river. The ¼ sitio at the falls is all high mountain-has some timber and plenty of rock, no land. but I wa.nt the falls for a very special object and therefore wish them to lie in the center of this tract on the river-to say-7 or 8 sitios above Tannihill east side- ¼ at falls 1V. side-10 sitios in forks of river and onion creek. You will also locate the 4 th league above Bastrop (cedar league) The balance of the land to fill the three concessions you will locate on the Sanjacinto ,v. Side above the Tuscasite road, or up the Brazos or between this river and navisoto, or on the yeagua~n fin, I want the be-st land that can be had and prefer taking it all below the upper road within the boundaries of my old contracts, out of the ten league reserve. I shall fix a place on the colorado at [the] foot of the mountains to live, and wish for those location[s for] my own use and not to sell. The balance is for m[mutilated] or for sale. I must request you to attend to this matter [promptly] and have it all concluded as soon as practicable. [Present] a pe[ti]tion to the Alcalde for the two tracts west of coloraclo with[out] any delay, not one day, for there are various applications for that colony of Milams and also for DeWitts. As soon as the titles for the colorado tracts are finished execute the deed for sale of them to me, the balance you can let alone for the present, I mean the deed of sale. As regards what you say about Dexter, I never made him any promise at all of any kind whatever. Nixon I think is so reasonable
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